MCGINNIS
& WOLF ESTATES RARE BOOKS & DOCUMENTS -
ABSOLUTE AUCTION
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Historic Books, Maps,
Documents & Photographs from the Estates of Clyde McGinnis &
John Quincy Wolf Jr.
Auction Preview April 25th & 26th - 9:00a.m.-7:00p.m.
Saturday, April 27th - 10:00a.m.
1690 White Drive - Batesville, AR 72501
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Title:
Bedford Forrest and His Critter Company 1931
Author: Lytle Andrew Nelson
Description: Bedford Forrest and His Critter Company
is a life story of Nathan Bedford Forrest from his early days
as a youth in North Mississippi to death October 29th 1877.
401 pages. approx. 6"" X 8""
Heading: Place Published: New York
Publisher: Minton Balch
Date Published: 1931
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardboard Black Cloth
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Title:
Confederate Wizards of the Saddle 1914
Author: Young Bennett H.
Description: This book list most major cavalry engagements
of the war with illustrations and portraits of the commanders
such as Jeb Stuart and Nathan Bedford Forrest. Inter front board
dated June 27th, 1914, signed V.Y. Cook and stamped ""not
loanable. 633 pages. 7"" X 9.5""
Heading: Place Published: Boston
Publisher: Chapple Publishing Company
Date Published: 1914
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardboard red cloth
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Title:
Stuart`s Cavalry in The Gettysburg Campaign
Author: Mosby, John S.
Description: Stuart`s Cavalry in The Gettysburg Campaign,
225 pages. Signed Theodore Maxfield, Dec. 25, 1910 in ink
front end paper. 6"" X 8.5""
Heading: Place Published: New York
Publisher: Moffat Yard and Company
Date Published: November 1908
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardboard Navy blue cloth
Title: Defense of Charleston Harbor, Including Fort
Sumter and The Adjacent Islands 1863-1865
Author: Johnson John
Description: Full official reports, maps and illustrations,
including portrs., diagrams, two folding plates. numerous
maps, six of them large, folding. 276pp. Dated in ink front
end paper May 19, 1900 and stamped ""not loanable
V.Y. Cook. approx. 6.5"" X 9.5""
Publisher: Charleston: Walker, Evans & Cogswell
Date Published: 1890
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hard board
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Title:
Bill Arp From The Uncivil War To Date 1861-1903
Author: Arp, Bill
Description: Bill Arp`s life From The Uncivil War To
Date 1861-1903. Inscribed in pencil V.Y. Cook, 2-14-1903 and
stamped ""not loanable""
Heading: Place Published: Atlanta, Georgia
Publisher: The Hudgins Publishing Co.
Date Published: 1903
Edition: First
Binding: Hard board cloth, 5.5"" X 8"",
410 pages.
Title: A soldiers Recollections Leaves From The Diary
of A Young Confederate
Author: McKim Randolph H.
Description: Ralph H. McKim late first Lieutenant and
A,D.C. 2nd Brigade Johnston`s Division, Army of Northern Virginia
wrote this book with hopes the reader could better understand
the aims and motives of the soldiers of the south. Signed
V.Y. Cook July 21st , 1913 and stamped not loanable on verso
of front board. 362 pages, approx. 6"" X 9""
Heading: Place Published: New York
Publisher: Longmans, Green, & Company
Date Published: 1910
Edition: Second
Binding: Hard board red clothTitle: Men In Gray
Author: Catlett, Robert Cave
Description: Civil War causes, Slavery and the Civil
War. 5"" X 7.5"". 143 pages. Inscribed
in pencil front board verso James P. Coffin, May 17, 1912
Heading: Place Published: Nashville, Tennessee
Publisher: Confederate Veteran
Date Published: 1911
Binding: Hard board brown cloth
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(1) Northern
Rebellion and Southern Secession, E. R.W. Ewing, J.L. Hill
Co. Richmond, Va., 1904, 383 pages, 6" X 9", Signed
V.Y. Cook(2) The Case of The South Against The North, Benjamin
Franklin Grady, Edwards& Broughton Publishers, Raleigh,
N.C., 1899, 344 pages, 6" X 9"(3) Report of The
Joint Commission On Reconstruction 1866, First Session Thirty
Fifth Congress, Government Printing Office, Washington 1866,
6" X 9" (4) The Traveling Court, based on investigations
of war crimes, volume 8, By Wiley Britton, Smith Grieves Co.
Publishers, Kansas City, Kansas, 1926, 387 pages, 6"
X 9
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Title:
Personal Reminiscences of General Robert E. Lee
Author: Rev. J. William Jones
Heading: Place Published: New York
Publisher: Appleton
Date Published: 1875
Binding: Hardcover, 6"" X 9"",
509 pages, Former library copy
Title: A Short History of the Confederate States of
America
Author: Davis, Jefferson
Heading: Place Published: New York
Publisher: Belford
Date Published: 1890
Binding: Hard cover
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(1) Shelby
and His Men or The War In The West, Edwards John N., 1867,
Miami Printing, Cincinnati, Ohio, 551 pages, 6" X 9"(2)
Four Years In Secessia Adventures Within And Beyond The Union
Lines, Browne Junius Henri, 1865, O. D. Case, Hartford, 450
pages, 6" X 8.5" (3) Fifteenth Anniversary of the
Battle of Gettysburg, Report of The Pennsylvania Commission,
Harrisburg, Pa., 1913, Folding map good condition, 280 pages
6.75" X 9.75
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Title:
The Lost Cause Magazine, 13 Issues, including Volume 1, #1
Description: (1)Volume 1, #1 Major General Fitzhugh
Lee, 1898 tapped and loose cover(2) 1900, Vol. 3 # 6 Robert
E Lee (3) 1900, vol. 3 #9, Stonewall Jackson (4) Quantity
2, 1901,Vol.4 #10, Nathan Bedford Forrest (5) Quantity 2,
Vol 5 #1 Wizard of The Saddle, Forrest Park Statue, Memphis,
Tennessee (6) 1901, Vol 4 #2, Jefferson Davis (7) 1902 Vol.4
#1 General John B. Hood (8) 1902 Vol 7 #4, General Joseph
E. Johnson (9) 1902 Vol 7 #1 General P.T. Beauregard (10)
1903 Vol.9 # 3 Lieut.-Gen. Jon. B. Gordon of Georgia (11)
1904 Vol 10 #9, Jefferson Davis
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Group
of paperback books Civil War, Arkansas History etc.; The Pope
County War July 1872- February 1873 by Reynolds, Thomas J.,
Magnolia Arkansas ;; General Stand Watie by Anderson, Mabel
Washbourne authors personal note on back end page.;; Reminiscences
of Company H. First Arkansas Mounted Rifles by Dr. Robert
H. Dacus, 1897;; The Battle of Prairie Grove Dec. 7, 1862
by Former Major General C.S.A. Samuel Jones 1965;; The Old
South A Monograph by Hammill, H.M., Nashville, Tennessee 1905,
79 pages;; Gunboats and Cavalry, By Nathan Bedford Forrest,
1965;; Battle of Mine Creek;; Diary of an Unknown Soldier
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(1) Scenes
and Adventures in The Semi Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains
of Missouri and Arkansas, Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1853, Lippincott,
Varying degrees of foxing throughout book, inscriptions in
pencil, old repair to spine fair condition;; (2) Early Days
in Arkansas, Pope W.F.,1895, Little Rock, Allsopp,Frederick
W. front hinge loose, inscriptions (3) The Arkansas Book,
by Stockard, S.W., Little Rock, Arkansas Democrat Co. 1904,
Front hinge loose, varying degrees of foxing.
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Title:
The Mid-South and It`s Builders, Memphis, TN, 1920
Author: Mooney, C.P. J.
Description: Listing of biographies of prominent business
men of the Mid-South Region, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Southwestern Kentucky and Southeastern
Missouri.
Heading: Place Published: Memphis, Tennessee
Publisher: Thomas W. Briggs Co.
Date Published: 1920
Binding: Leather
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City of
Batesville, Arkansas $1,000 Bond, 1898, 13"" X 15""
image with frame 20"" X 22"". Good condition.
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80
Volumes+ of ""The Lost Cause"", A
Confederate War Record Magazine C. 1900. Conditions vary from
poor to very good.
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Group
of 6 Civil War Related Pamphlets or paperbacks 1885-1949,
Manual of Panorama of The Battle of Shiloh, Michigan Ave and
Monroe Streets, Chicago, A.T. Andreas Publisher, 602 Opera
House, 1885;; Four Years Service in The Southern Army, by
Scott, Joe M., Leader Office Print, Mulberry, Ark., 1897;;
Texans Who Wore The Gray, by Johnson, Sid S., Tyler Printing
Co., Tyler, Texas, 1907;; All Aboard, a United Daughters of
The Confederacy theatrical production, March 15th and 16th
1923, Batesville, Arkansas, Program;; A Drummer Boy of Shiloh,
by Reinhardt, Vic, Terrell, Texas, 1910;; General Albert Sidney
Johnson`s Horses at Shiloh by Shaw, Arthur Marvin jr., 1949;;
Pamphlets are in various conditions, most are good.
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Jefferson
Davis, CDV Memphis, Tennessee 1873, Signed Hon. Jeff Davis
(signature believed to be secretary or family member""
and inscription on verso ""to Mrs. McClure"".,
D. Day 231 Main Street, Memphis, Tenn. Photographer. 2.5""
X 4.25"
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Circa
1900 Teddy Roosevelt Whistle Stop Campaign Tour Photograph
on heavy card stock 6"" X 8"", a few spots
and a little rough around the edges (see photos) . Overall
good condition.
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AMBROTYPE
of Lt. Gilbert Hathaway Sweet`s Reg., 15th Texas Cavalry,
inscribed on back Lt. Hathaway C.S.A. Sweet`s Regiment, 15th
Texas Cavalry. Image and frame measure 2" X 2.5"
. For condition see photos.
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C.S.A.
Orders -Head Quarters Trans-Mississippi Department, Little
Rock, Arkansas, January 28th 1862, Special Orders #27, Surgeon
W.M. Lawrence is relieved od examination of conscripts and
ordered to report to the commanding officer at Pine Bluff,
B.F. Danley, by command of General Theophilus H. Holmes, by
Assistant Adjutant General S.S. Andrews;;Office of Confederate
States, North of The Arkansas River Agent for Deposition John
M. Williams, June 1864, receipt for L.A. Dickson $140 dollars
Confederate money.;; Special order # 32 Adjutant and Inspector
General`s Office, for C.S.A. surgeon W.M. Lawrence, February
7, 1863,;; The original orders envelope with confederate post
and string ties.;; 1846 letter from father to daughter H.
Neill in a small period box;; First Diary dated 1860-Diary
of Mrs. Delia Neill, 24 May 1865 troops in the East have surrendered,
Smith is still in arms, President Davis is said to be in Texas,
the Feds say he is a prisoner, May 21, 1865 Feds occupy Batesville,
May 3rd 1865 Batesville receives news from northern papers
of Lincolns death, Dec 26th, 1863 there are 4,000 feds in
Batesville I wonder if they will be allowed to stay, feds
were shooting cannons Dr. Dickson went to check, Dec 28, 1863
the feds say they have killed the 100 of Hendersons men, the
feds killed Cyruss Pede when they came into town, the Negros
are doing just as they please, Friday Jan 8, 1864 feds come
to house and search for guns, Sunday Jan. 10, 1864 heard Shelby
was not far from Batesville, Ark. Diary begins in 1863 and
continues through the war with war content on just about every
page from Batesville, Arkansas. Second Diary 1858-1862 with
Civil War Content and tells of brother being killed by feds.
Photographs Ambrotype images in case.
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Photograph
of the Second Arkansas Volunteer Infantry Band, Camp Baud,
Georgia July 26th 1898, 9"" X 11"" overall
size, all band members are identified, on heavy board, foxing
and fading;; - 4"" X 6.5"" cabinet cards
of Generals- Fritzhugh Lee, Nelson Appleton Miles, Shafter,
Joe Wheeler, Admirals - Dewey, Simpson, Col. Elias Chandler
Col. Commanding 1st Ark. Vol. Infantry, President William
McKenley and an unidentified Spanish American was soldier.
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2 Presidential
Land Grants signed Franklin Pierce - Elihu C. Bone 1855, Izard
County Arkansas, left bank of White River section 20, 49 acres;;
Warren H. Hines, 1853, Military Land Grant For Alabama Soldiers
Of The Indian Wars In Florida, East quarter of section 28,
containing 80 acres, subject to sale at Batesville, Arkansas,
10" X 16", See photos for condition.
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3 Presidential
Land Grants Signed James Buchanan;; Elihu C. Bone, 136 Acres,
Township 16, 1859, Batesville, Ark,;; Robert Gray of Independence
County, Section 20, Township 14, 1857 for 40 acres;; Elihu
C. Bone, Izard County, Arkansas, at Batesville, 1857, for
160 acres, 10" X 16", See photos for condition.
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Presidential
Land Grant Signed R.B. Hayes, 1878, James McNatt, 160 Acres,
Section 10 and township 19. 10" X 16", See photos
for condition.
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Oak Document
Box with 1907 Plaque 14"" X 20"" X 4.5"",
lift out tray, folding brass handles. Good condition.
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